Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.

Pedantry is properly the over-rating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame.

When a man is made a spiritual peer he loses his surname; when a temporal, his Christian name.

A pleasant companion is as good as a coach.